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Margreet Zwarteveen
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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 4d
"Decolonizing expertise in international organizations demands more than just diversifying expert pools; it requires dismantling the epistemic hierarchies that sustain the status quo"

From our "Share your decolonising story" blog series
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2265
Decolonizing Expertise: Reflections on Power, Knowledge, and Governance in International Organizations (IOs)
By Marine Gauthier / part of our “Share your Decolonising Story” project A Personal Reckoning with Expertise My engagement with international development has always been entangled with postcolonial…
www.developmentresearch.eu

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Margreet Zwarteveen @mzwarteveen.bsky.social · 9d
Containers and String Figures: Reflections from a summer school on water care in Patagonia flows.hypotheses.org/19269
Containers and String Figures: Reflections from a summer school on water care in Patagonia
In the past years, the concept of care has gained popularity in the social sciences. Carolina Domínguez-Guzmán distinguishes two ways in which it has been mobilised in water studies and uses the metap...
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Margreet Zwarteveen @mzwarteveen.bsky.social · 13d
Containers and String Figures: Reflections from a summer school on water care in Patagonia flows.hypotheses.org/19269
Containers and String Figures: Reflections from a summer school on water care in Patagonia
In the past years, the concept of care has gained popularity in the social sciences. Carolina Domínguez-Guzmán distinguishes two ways in which it has been mobilised in water studies and uses the metap...
flows.hypotheses.org

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eadi.bsky.social
EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 14d
"The social consequences of European colonial policies and interventions in forestry, agriculture and mining in the so-called ‘tropics’ were often devastating, accompanied by slavery, racialised discrimination, violence and the grabbing of land and livelihoods."
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www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2402
The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies
By Lyla Mehta The colonial roots of sustainability  Since the Brundtland Commission advanced the concept of sustainable development in 1987, a lively strand in Development Studies (DS) has eng…
www.developmentresearch.eu

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 14d
Registration is open for the 1st webinar on 26 February!

"Green imperialism, sovereignty, and the quest for national development in the Congo", with @radleyben.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dsa-eadi-w...

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Water Alternatives @waalternatives.bsky.social · 14d
New article at WaA:
"Fluid legalities: Human-fish relations and water governance in Uzbekistan’s Zarafshan River Basin"
by Frishta Qaderi
www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/al...

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Water Alternatives @waalternatives.bsky.social · 14d
Check out:
"The river navigating urbanisation: from forest extraction to the new capital city development in East Kalimantan" by Vandy Yoga et al.
www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/al...

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Water Alternatives @waalternatives.bsky.social · 14d
Check out:
"Exploring intersecting trajectories: Assemblage insights into groundwater ‘crisis’ in Bandung Basin, Indonesia", by Safira Salsabila and colleagues
www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/al...

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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · 14d
🌱 Join the #CircularGrassroots Webinar Series this Spring! 🚀 Four Zoom sessions exploring grassroots sustainability, circular economies & urban transitions with activists, researchers & policymakers. Free & open to all! (Dates: Feb. 2, 26, March 2, 23). www.gu.se/en/business-...
Circular Grassroots Webinar Series
Spring 2026
www.gu.se

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Giulio Castelli @giuliocst.bsky.social · 15d
I am happy to join the #ScientificCommittee of the 5th International Conference on African Rivers - icar2026.org - in #Rabat, #Morocco.

Deadline for submission is March 30th, 2026: lnkd.in/dRqzZJns
The 5th International Conference on African Rivers, Rabat
The 5th International Conference on African Rivers: Research, Development, and Innovation. Join us on Rabat, Morocco, from July 6 to 8, 2026.
icar2026.org

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 16d
I’m really looking forward to chatting about my book next Thursday at 5pm with the Oxford Water Network.

I plan to focus on some key insights & lessons legal geography brings to the challenge of charting more sustainable and just water governance futures.

Do come along if you’re in town!
Legal geographies of water: Cristy Clark
Cristy will discuss her recent book, Legal Geographies of Water, which explores community and policy responses to the global water crisis.
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Haroon Akram-Lodhi @ahakram-lodhi.bsky.social · 16d
15 % of the world's coltan comes from super-exploitative artisanal mining controlled by M23? And those higher up the tantalum value chain do nothing. #ThatsCapital

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Water Alternatives @waalternatives.bsky.social · 17d
Check out new paper:
"Who should pay for water services and why? A framework of justifications for non-payment in eThekwini Municipal Area", by Catherine Sutherland and colleagues
water-alternatives.org/index.php/al...

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Water Alternatives @waalternatives.bsky.social · 17d
Check out new paper on Vietnam
"The people behind the machine: Street-level bureaucrats in the Bắc Hưng Hải irrigation system", by Léo Biré an colleagues
www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/al...

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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · 17d
📖 What if land isn’t property, but relationship? Using Maasai pastoralist struggles in Tanzania, this paper contrasts colonial ways of knowing land with Eramatare, a Maasai inhabitation mode that reimagines nature. Toward decolonial ecological transformation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 17d
Save the dates!

Our joint working group with @devcomms.bsky.social on land, labour and food has some interesting webinars in the pipeline, further details and registration links will follow soon!

✏️ it in your 📅!
26 February: Green Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Quest for National Development in the DRC, 26 March: The Social Reproduction of Agrarian Change, 9 April: Book Talk: Depletion, 30 April: Book Talk: Climate Shocks and Pastoralist Migration in South Sudan, 28 May: From Cultivator to Footloose Labour: Renegotiation Land, Labour and Gender Identities in Contemporary India

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Margreet Zwarteveen @mzwarteveen.bsky.social · 28d
Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/bo...
Boycot het Trump-WK in de VS
Nu deelnemen aan een sportevenement alsof er niets aan de hand is, legitimeert Trumps expansieve politiek. Laat ons land en onze voetballers aan de goede kant van de geschiedenis staan. Hou onze jonge...
actie.degoedezaak.org

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CRC-TRR 228 Future Rural Africa @crctrr228.bsky.social · Jan 6
Apply now!

➡️ crc-trr228.de/available-po...
Available Positions for Third Funding Phase - Collaborative Research Center TRR 228
We are pleased that our research project has received funding for a third project phase (2026-2029).
crc-trr228.de

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · Dec 24
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ejmccann.bsky.social Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · Dec 24
Be our colleague… Hiring an Assistant Prof of Urban Geography & Climate Crisis.

www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Assistant Professor of Urban Geography/Climate Crisis
www.sfu.ca

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · Dec 24
In what could plausibly represent a Christmas miracle* SFU Geography has two (2) new tenure track hires. One is urban/climate, which I will repost below. The other is a Landscape Ecologist. Please share ... #academicsky

*actually just the good decisions of our new Dean
www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology
www.sfu.ca

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · Dec 24
Be our colleague… Hiring an Assistant Prof of Urban Geography & Climate Crisis.

www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...
Assistant Professor of Urban Geography/Climate Crisis
www.sfu.ca

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Erwin Hendriks @ebghendriks.bsky.social · Dec 16
Protester! DigId not American hands actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/st...
Stop de Amerikaanse overname DigiD!
Onze privé-gegevens zijn bij overname door een Amerikaans bedrijf niet veilig! Dit lijkt ons niet de veilige manier nu president Trump in Amerika aan het roer staat. Dit kan misgaan! Als de Nederland...
actie.degoedezaak.org

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Margreet Zwarteveen @mzwarteveen.bsky.social · Dec 15
Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/al...
Open Brief: Alumni bezorgd over Israëlbeleid van Wageningen Universiteit
Alumni bezorgd over Israëlbeleid van Wageningen Universiteit
actie.degoedezaak.org

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Post Growth Institute @postgrowth.org · Dec 15
(EN/FR) WoMin @wominafrica.bsky.social is a Pan African ecofeminist alliance supporting peasant and working-class women build post-extractivist, ecologically just, and women-centred futures. Check out their newsletter:
💡English: mailchi.mp/womin/newsle...
💡French: mailchi.mp/womin/newsle...
A dark magenta/purple background with white text reading, "Women Weaving A Just World, WoMin Monthly Bulletin." Photographic cut-outs of African women dancing and protesting in black and white are in the upper right corner, the WoMin logo is in the upper left corner.

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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · Dec 15
A message from Places reader, contributing writer + donor Timothy Schuler:

“Please join me in supporting this life-sustaining journal. As a monthly donor myself, I’ve found that giving to Places each month feels like casting a vote — again and again — for the kind of public culture we need.”
A stronghold of incisive writing and civic values
A message from Timothy Schuler, Places reader, contributing writer, and monthly donor.
mailchi.mp

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Giulio Castelli @giuliocst.bsky.social · Dec 13
New paper out:

Enhancing #groundwater resources through #managedaquiferrecharge: A SWAT application in arid southeastern #Tunisia

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Developed in the #PRIMA project #SALAMMED
Enhancing groundwater resources through managed aquifer recharge: A SWAT application in arid southeastern Tunisia
The Triassic aquifer of Sahel el Ababsa in the Jeffara plain, southeastern Tunisia, lies in an arid region facing growing water scarcity due to climat…
www.sciencedirect.com

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · Dec 12
new from me: are data centers going to wipe out water supplies? how much water does ChatGPT really use? and what's going on with that big correction in Empire of AI?

i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:
You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think.
www.wired.com

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Water Alternatives @waalternatives.bsky.social · Nov 3
Check out David Zetland's review of “Replumbing the City: Water Management as Climate Adaptation in Los Angeles”, by Sayd Randle, Water Alternatives,
www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/bo...
Replumbing the city: Water management as climate adaptation in Los Angeles (Randle, 2025)
David Zetland Randle, S. (2025). Replumbing the city: Water management as climate adaptation in Los Angeles. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520394056 (paper back, US$30)/ ISBN 9780520394049 ...
www.water-alternatives.org